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According to European Union present legal state (RDW2000; DWP 2006; DT 2009) surface and ground water quality monitoring should also include identification of all uncertainty associated with analytical procedure sources. Moreover, directives (DT 2009; RMOE 2011) indicate necessity of implementation the quality assurance and quality control program(QA/QC) of research in water monitoring. They also give the measurement uncertainty threshold value assesst basing on adequate norms of environment quality and is equal to 50% or less (k=2). In directive (RMŚ 2011) there are also defined reference methods, which should be use in water monitoring. In this paper the empirical approach for total uncertainty and its components (geochemical, sampling and analytical) assessment was used (Nordest 2006, 2007; Witczak et al. 2006; EURACHEM 2007; Kmiecik 2008; Kmiecik, Drzymała 2008; Kmiecik 2011). Moreover, the influence of sampling method on the measurement uncertainty was examined. For uncertainty estimation there were used results from analyses of normal and control (duplicate) samples, which were collected within monitoring of Upper Odra River Basin surface water and coalmine water inducted to it. The assessment of total uncertainty and its components was shown on the example of I- results delivered from normal and duplicate samples analyses. The influence of container type on measurement uncertainty was determined. For this aim two procedures of samples collecting were used, concerning two types of samples containers. The iodide analyses was performed using ICP-MS method in accredited Hydrogeochemical Laboratory Each sample was analysed twice. For total uncertainty and its components assessment the ROBAN program was applied.

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